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MORITZ COHN, OF NEYV YORK, N. Y.

CORSET.

SPECIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 310,798, dated January 13, 18 35.

Application filed February 23, 1884. (No model.)

I aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MoRI'rZ OOHN. of New York,in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new Improvement in Corsets; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and repiesent, in

Figure l, a side view showing the improvement as applied to the hip-section; Fig. 2, a transverse section of the same; Fig. 3, a sectional perspective view of the fabric from which the improved section is cut; Fig. 4, a

modification.

This invention relates to an improvement in the construction of corsets, with special reference to those sections where great strain is produced upon the stays in bending, and where the stays are liable to break, particularly in the hip-section, usually made from two thicknesses of fabric stitched with parallel lines of stitches to form pockets for the in troduction of stays. These sections, particularly the hip-section, have throughout an unevenly-curved surface; but in the section as cut from fabric and stitched the shape is only acquired because of the peculiar cut of the fabric, and can only be made to approach somewhat the shape of the person, depending for its final fit upon its adapting itself to the form of the wearer.

The object of my invention is to construct the irregularly-curved sections of the corset, so that the shape may be given to the section before it is introduced into the corset; and it consists in sections cut from a fabric woven with parallel pockets, into which cords or other stiffeners are introduced, the section thus cut shaped upon a former before it is introduced to the corset, and whereby, when in the corset, that section will retain the required shape, as more fully hereinafter described.

In illustrating my invention I represent the hip-section A, B being the adjacent front and O the adjacent rear section. The sections 13 O are made from two thicknesses of fabric in the usual manner, stitched together to form the usual stay-pockets. The section A is cut from a fabric woven as seen in sectional perspective view, Fig. 3. This fabric is woven with double warps and united in parallel lines distant from each other according to the width of the cord or stay to be introduced, and so that in thus weaving aseries of parallel pockets is formed. The section is cut from such fabric to a pattern of nearly the shape required for the section. The cords or stays may be introduced in the process of weaving, or afterward introduced. After the section is cut it is shaped upon a former which corresponds to the shape required for that section of the corset, and so as to give to it the proper curvature. This shaping is best done by a pair of hot dies of the required shape, and between which the section is introduced in a moist condition. Thus shaped,the section is introduced. between the adjacent edges of the double sections B O, as seen in Fig. 2, and stitched thereto in the usual manner for stitching sections of corsets. The corset is then completed by the usual operations. The section thus formed is more flexible than a stitched section can be, and, because the curves are put into it before it is introduced in the corset, it retains its shape and is more comfortable to the wearer than a section which must depend upon the wearing of the corset to bring it to the shape of the person. The hip-section A may be made somewhat shorter than the adjacent sections, and an elastic piece, D D, applied at the top and bottom, as seen in Fig. 4:; or the band-like portions D D may be non-elastic and made double the same as the sections B O; or the section may be adapted to most of the open or elastic devices applied to this section. The section thus made from woven fabric and shaped is much cheaper than the stitched thicknesses, for the reason that the material of which the section is composed costs less than the two thicknesses usually employed, and the expense of stitching is saved.

This description as applied to the hip-section will be sufficient to enable those skilled in the art to apply this construction of section to other portions of the corset where a considerable curvature is required such, for instance, as the breast portions. In any case the section will have greater flexibility and better shape than can be produced by making the section in two thicknesses stitched.

I claim ICO woven section introduced between the thicknesses of the said adjacent sections and stitched thereto, substantially as described.

The herein described corset, having one or more of the sections constructed from a fabric woven with parallel pockets and shaped upon formers corresponding to the required MORITZ COHN. 5 shape for the section, the adjacent sections of Witnesses:

the corset composed of two thicknesses cut JULIUS M. (JOHN,

frorn' fabric and stitched together, the said H. 'J SOHUMANN. 

